

| Subject: | Re: Panel flexible circuits -- a hot tip. |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:16:05 -0800 |
Clever. What's the stack? Something like a sandwich of film, foil + adhesive, film? The plastic film is -- what? Mylar (polyester)? That stuff can take some heat. On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 20:01 -0500, David Beierl wrote: > Some time ago I surmised that it might be possible to reactivate the > adhesive between the two plastic layers by ironing with an iron set > on polyester. > > Well, you can, at least if it hasn't gone too far. Takes care and > thought, works best on the blue side (it's actually the adhesive > that's blue, it would seem) which is much thinner, and you may need > to hold things together for a few seconds after you take the iron > away. A thumb works -- it's hot but doesn't have enough thermal mass > to actually burn you. > > I doubt (though I'm not sure) this would work to reattach the ends of > the foils where they're exposed at the connector. > > Yours, > David
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